The Wizards coaches did not like it as much as the crowd did — they were constantly on McGee about his one-handed rebounds, his shot selection (he tried a running floater across the lane that when I asked Wizards coaches about later they rolled their eyes) and a host of other things.

But the man made an on-court connection with John Wall. McGee is also a bear in transition. And those two things could mean big minutes this year for him.